Echymipera kalubu (Fischer, 1829) . Synopsis Mammal., p. 274.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Sorong Div., Waigeo Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea and adjacent small islands including Bismarck Arch., Mysol and Salawati Isis.

STATUS: Common.

SYNONYMS: albiceps, breviceps, cockerelli, doreyanus, garagassi, hispida, myoides, oriomo, philipi, rufiventris.

COMMENTS: The name kalubu has been attributed to Lesson, 1828, Diet. Class. Hist. Nat., 13:200; but see Husson (1955:290).